A landlocked county in the heart of the Scottish Borders, Roxburghshire is bounded by Berwickshire to the east, Selkirkshire and Midlothian to the north, Dumfriesshire to the west, and England to the south.

Roxburgh, the town from which the county takes its name, has long since disappeared, but in the 12th century it was one of David I's four royal burghs (the others were Edinburgh, Stirling and Berwick-on-Tweed) and its castle was a royal residence, King Alexander III being born there.

Roxburghshire is also famous for its Abbeys, Melrose, Kelso and Jedburgh.